Leopold, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA
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Wikipedia 2020:
Leopold is an unincorporated community in eastern Bollinger County in Southeast Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Route N, approximately four miles southeast of Marble Hill. The community consists of roughly 65 residents and has one of the smallest public school districts in the state of Missouri. Heavily Roman Catholic and of Dutch-German descent, the community is one of the most affluent in Southeast Missouri.
Leopold is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History:
In 1856, Reverend John van Luytelaar established Vinemount, Missouri. Rev. John and 12 other families went looking for farm land. Among the families who made the trip included Clement Beel, John Debrock, Herman Elfrink, Jacob Holweg, Arnold Jansen, F. Meyer, A. Rickhoff, John Scharenborg, J. G. Sonderen, J.W. Tuling, and Wm. Wardracker. Wm. Wardracker was unable to make the pioneer life and left back for Cincinnati after two years of living here.
These families traveled down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi River by boat to Cape Girardeau and then found the community of Vinemount. Other families followed them and the community was starting to unfold.
In 1894 the first post office was built to serve the town of Vinemount. In the process of building the post office, they realized there was already a post office in Missouri by the name of Vinemount. This was when a name change was in order. The people then decided on the name of "Leopolis" (City of Leo), in honor of the Pope. This name was rejected and the present name, Leopold, was then proposed and accepted.
The first postmaster at Leopold was John Hahn. He would pick up the mail at church from Mr. Gerhard Luebbers and distribute it to the townspeople. When Elmer Nenninger became the postmaster in 1953, the post office was moved to its present location at the corner of Highway N and Main Street.
What was once known as Macke's Feed and General Store is now known as the Leopold Country Store. It has not been run by Gerard Macke for several years now. Edward Andrew Graham Jr. purchased the store from Mr. Macke in 2001. E.A. Graham Jr. then sold the store to Edgar Stoverink and it is now owned by Albert and Cindy Arnzen.
Among the businesses in Leopold is an automobile transmission service shop operated by Fred Beussink. Mr. Beussink had been associated for a number of years with a transmission service company in St. Louis until 1973 when he returned with his family to the Leopold area and built the modern three-bay service facility on a farm on Highway F, purchased from Herman Beussink. Years later, Fred Beussink moved his business into Leopold. This is now a transmission service and gas station entitled Beussink’s Transmission Service and is currently owned and operated by Mike Vandeven.
The Leopold’s St. Johns Cemetery Association was formed in 1952. This made it possible for church members to help take care of the graves of their relatives and loved ones.
On October 16, 1966 a group of Catholic men from the community met to organize a Council of the Knights of Columbus in Leopold. On September 26, 1967 the KCs purchased land from William Spooler. This is the property where the K of C Hall is now located. The Knights of Columbus Hall was built in 1968. A memorial shrine to Our Lady, Queen of Peace, was built under the supervision of William A. Landewee in 1973.
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Nachname, Taufnamen  |
Tod  |
Personen-Kennung | ||
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| 1 |  van DeVen, Peter Joseph | 20 Jul 1884 | Leopold, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA | I216498 |
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Eheschließung |
Familien-Kennung | ||
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| 1 | Meurer / Van DeVen | geschätzt 1871 | Leopold, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA | F72781 |